The Quark and the Jaguar: Adventures in the Simple and the Complex

The Quark and the Jaguar: Adventures in the Simple and the Complex - Paperback

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The Quark and the Jaguar: Adventures in the Simple and the Complex

The Quark and the Jaguar: Adventures in the Simple and the Complex - Paperback

$29.14
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by Murray Gell-Mann (Author)

From one of the architects of the new science of simplicity and complexity comes an explanation of the connections between nature at its most basic level and natural selection, archaeology, linguistics, child development, computers, and other complex adaptive systems. Nobel laureate Murray Gell-Mann offers a uniquely personal and unifying vision of the relationship between the fundamental laws of physics and the complexity and diversity of the natural world.

Author Biography

Murray Gell-Mann, the Robert Andrews Millikan Professor Emeritus of Physics at the California Institute of Technology, was awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize in physics. In 1984, he helped establish the Santa Fe Institute, where he now works. A longtime director of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Professor Gell-Man served as chairman of its Committee on World Environment and Resources.

Number of Pages: 392
Dimensions: 1 x 8.9 x 6 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: January 11, 2011
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